{"data":{"id":"us-or/ors-167.810","jurisdiction":"us-or","citation":"ORS 167.810","heading":"Creating a hazard.","body":"(1) A person commits the crime of creating a hazard if:\n      (a) The person intentionally maintains or leaves in a place accessible to children a container with a compartment of more than one and one-half cubic feet capacity and a door or lid which locks or fastens automatically when closed and which cannot easily be opened from the inside; or\n      (b) Being the owner or otherwise having possession of property upon which there is a well, cistern, cesspool, excavation or other hole of a depth of four feet or more and a top width of 12 inches or more, the owner intentionally fails or refuses to cover or fence it with a suitable protective construction.\n      (2) Creating a hazard is a Class B misdemeanor.","path":["04 - Criminal Procedure, Crimes","16. Crimes and Punishments","Chapter 167 — Offenses Against General Welfare and Animals"],"source_url":"https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors167.html","current_through":"2025 Edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T23:50:11Z","sha256":"a44a1c609f88c2bf6766d06647578edb7ab48b5c6a061548b10298ab1c5048e7","source_id":"us-or","stale":false,"prev":"us-or/ors-167.808","next":"us-or/ors-167.820"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}